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    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Dayna Smith
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category World Press Photo of the Year
    • Prize World Press Photo of the Year
    • Date 06-11-1998
    • Country Yugoslavia
    • Place Izbica, Kosovo
    • Caption A woman is comforted by relatives and friends at the funeral of her husband. The man was a soldier with the ethnic Albanian rebels of the Kosovo Liberation Army, fighting for independence from Serbia. He had been shot the previous day while on patrol.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Srdjan Ilic
    • Nationality Serbia
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Children's Award
    • Prize Individual awards
    • Date 00-08-1998
    • Country Yugoslavia
    • Place Glodjane, Kosovo
    • Caption A Serb policeman offers water to an elderly ethnic Albanian villager. The old man is the only resident who remained in Glodjane after Serb police re-took the village from members of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Clashes between ethnic Albanians seeking independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo, and the Serbian security forces determined to suppress the movement, took place on a civilian as well as a military level. Here, Serbian police and ethnic Albanian rioters clash during civil disturbances in Pristina, capital of Kosovo. The protests were against increasing ethnic violence. At least 20 people - 16 Albanians and four Serbs - had been killed the previous weekend.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Kim Jae Young
    • Nationality South Korea
    • Organization / Publication Yonhap News Agency
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 23-12-1998
    • Country South Korea
    • Place Seoul
    • Caption Riot police fall from a crane carrier during a raid on the Chogye Temple headquarters building. Internal conflicts within the sect had led to a sit-in by dissident monks. The police were repelled with stones and Molotov cocktails, and their fire-engine ladder was shaken as it reached the fifth floor. Two policemen were critically injured in the fall.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Santiago Lyon
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 09-12-1998
    • Place Bethlehem, West Bank
    • Caption A Palestinian taunting Israeli troops with a Palestinian flag, curls over as he is hit by a rubber bullet fired by the soldiers. The incident occurred on the 11th anniversary of the intifada, the uprising against Israeli occupation. Despite US calls for a halt to violence, hundreds of Palestinians marked the anniversary by stoning Israeli troops and motorists throughout the West Bank.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Themba Hadebe
    • Nationality South Africa
    • Organization / Publication The Star
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 25-05-1998
    • Country South Africa
    • Place Hillbrow, Johannesburg
    • Caption A South African businessman comes seconds away from pulling the trigger on a young man who has robbed him of his mobile phone. The businessman gave chase, firing as he went, and cornered his assailant in an alley. The photographer heard the shots and ran to investigate. The sound of the camera shutter startled the businessman, who then aimed at the photographer - just as the police arrived to rescue the situation.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Khalil Senosi
    • Nationality Kenya
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 07-08-1998
    • Country Kenya
    • Place Nairobi
    • Caption Rescue workers carry a woman out of the US embassy. Bombs exploded minutes apart outside the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The five-story building, together with an office block next door, collapsed, killing 247 people and injuring thousands. The explosions were attributed to Islamic extremists, allegedly under the direction of Osama Bin Laden, known for his financial backing of a number of radical Muslim organizations.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Eyal Warshavsky
    • Nationality Israel
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 02-12-1998
    • Place West Bank
    • Caption Palestinians ambush and burn an Israeli car at a traffic circle about half a mile from the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah. The passenger, an Israeli soldier, was pulled out, kicked, stoned and beaten. His gun was taken from him before he managed to escape. The incident occurred when about 150 Palestinian students from nearby Bir Zeit University marched on the intersection, following a demonstration to protest against Israel's refusal to release Palestinian prisoners.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer James Nachtwey
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Magnum Photos for Time
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 00-05-1998
    • Country Indonesia
    • Place Jakarta
    • Caption When Muslim residents of Pembanguan 1 district woke up to find their mosque damaged, a group of men reacted by lynching six Christians. Despite pleas from the head of the mosque for them to hold back, the two dozen attackers of this man were resolute. The victim, suspected of having a hand in damaging the mosque, was chased down an alley, cornered, and set about with sticks, knives, stones and machetes. After he was dead, the ringleader cut his throat. Police intervened only at the end of the lynchings to remove the bodies.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Srdjan Ilic
    • Nationality Serbia
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Yugoslavia
    • Place Kosovo
    • Caption Clashes between ethnic Albanians seeking independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo, and the Serbian security forces determined to suppress the movement, took place on a civilian as well as a military level.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Rich Addicks
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    • Category General News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Sudan
    • Place Ajiep, Bahr el Ghazal
    • Caption A mother comforts her starving child in a feeding center. The Bahr el Ghazal region was the epicenter of a famine that by August threatened over 800,000 people with death. The village of Ajiep, a focus of Western aid, once had a population of under 5,000. But nearly four times as many had gathered around the village in the hope of receiving food.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Mike Stocker
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Sun-Sentinel
    • Category General News
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 00-10-1998
    • Country Honduras
    • Place Tegucicalpa
    • Caption A woman surveys the destruction, after Hurricane Mitch caused the worst flood in 200 years. It is estimated that over 5,000 people were killed and 550,000 left homeless countrywide. The enormous cost of recovery will severely set back the national economy of the Central American republic.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Sung Nam-Hun
    • Nationality South Korea
    • Organization / Publication Rapho
    • Category General News
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 00-05-1998
    • Country Indonesia
    • Place Jakarta
    • Caption Indonesian students confront military police outside the parliament building. Tens of thousands of young Indonesians of different ethnic and religious backgrounds had come together to demand an end to the rule of President Suharto. The president resigned on May 21.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Yunghi Kim
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Contact Press Images for U.S. News & World Report
    • Category General News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Indonesia
    • Place Jakarta
    • Caption In the run-up to President Suharto's resignation as many as 30,000 students gathered daily outside the parliament building. The resignation of Indonesia's President Suharto after 32 years of rule did not put a stop to the unrest that had been rocking the country. His successor, President Habibi, was considered by many to be too close to the previous political establishment. Lawlessness spread as different groups vied to fill the power vacuum. Thousands of businesses were looted and the killings continued.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Tom Stoddart
    • Nationality United Kingdom
    • Organization / Publication Independent Photographers Group
    • Category General News stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Sudan
    • Place Ajiep, Bahr el Ghazal
    • Caption For 15 years Sudan has been gripped by civil war between the Muslim government in the north and the animist and Christian people of the south. More than a million have had to flee their homes in southern Sudan. Famine has resulted as refugees are unable to settle and produce their own food. The region around the village of Ajiep, inhabited by the Dinka tribe, was one of the worst hit. Thousands flocked to food centers set up in the village by UNICEF and Médecins Sans Frontières. Only children below 60 per cent of their ideal body weight were admitted. More than 100 people died a day at Ajiep.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Dudley M. Brooks
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category General News stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Nicaragua
    • Place Chinandega
    • Caption The father and grandmother of a 12-year-old boy are consoled during the child's funeral procession. Hurricane Mitch wreaked havoc, with torrential rain and winds sometimes reaching 290km per hour. Even though not in the direct path of the hurricane, Nicaragua was severely affected. Towns and villages beneath the Casitas Volcano in west Nicaragua were swamped when part of the mountain collapsed, flooding the countryside with mud and water from the crater. Thousands of refugees from the Casitas Volcano mudslide were taken to Ciudad Sandino, a large plot of farmland near the town of Managua. Here they lived in makeshift accommodation, waiting for food, clothing and other supplies.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Ivo Saglietti
    • Nationality Italy
    • Organization / Publication Grazia Neri for Planeta Humano
    • Category General News stories
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 00-10-1998
    • Country Yugoslavia
    • Place Kosovo
    • Caption Clashes between the Kosovo Liberation Army, seeking independence for the ethnic Albanian province of Kosovo, and Serbian security forces intensified as the year wore on. Around 250,000 people were displaced by the conflict. In October, reports of massacres led more civilians to flee the war zones. Large numbers made the journey into Albania.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Dayna Smith
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 06-11-1998
    • Country Yugoslavia
    • Place Izbica, Kosovo
    • Caption A woman is comforted by relatives and friends at the funeral of her husband. The man was a soldier with the ethnic Albanian rebels of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which is fighting for independence from Serbia. He had been shot the previous day while on patrol.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Nancy Andrews
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Thailand
    • Place Loburi
    • Caption Saong (38) lies in an Aids hospice, holding a plastic flower. Since the Asian economic crisis, government funding for Aids care has been cut. The hospice raises money by selling plastic flowers for visitors to give to the patients. Once visitors have left, the flowers are collected and re-sold to the next group. Saong said he didn't mind giving the flower back. It was just a token of somebody's care.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Mike Stocker
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Sun-Sentinel
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 00-10-1998
    • Country Nicaragua
    • Caption A man who had to flee with his wife and children on the family horse after a massive mudslide from the Casitas Vulcano. Hurricane Mitch devastated areas of Central America.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Shafiqul Alam Kiron
    • Nationality Bangladesh
    • Organization / Publication Map Photo Agency
    • Category People in the News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Bangladesh
    • Caption An average of eight to ten acid attacks against women are reported every month in Bangladesh. Perpetrators use concentrated sulfuric or nitric acid, easily available from factories. Reasons for attacks vary from family arguments to the failure to provide a dowry.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Roger Lemoyne
    • Nationality Canada
    • Organization / Publication Gamma for Unicef
    • Category People in the News stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Yugoslavia
    • Place Kosovo
    • Caption Villagers gather for the funeral of Adem Neza (31), an ethnic Albanian who was shot on the Kosovo border. The conflict between ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo and the Serbs, from whom they were seeking independence, left hundreds dead and more than a quarter of a million people homeless.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Michael Williamson
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category People in the News stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country USA
    • Caption For most of 1998, the question hung over US President Bill Clinton as to whether he had lied under oath about the nature of his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This led to intense media speculation about possible impeachment and occasional confrontation between pro and anti Clinton camps outside the White House. The Senate acquitted the president of all charges on February 12, 1999.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Seamus Murphy
    • Nationality Ireland
    • Organization / Publication Saba Press Photos for Sports Illustrated
    • Category Portraits
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Lebanon
    • Place Beirut
    • Caption Jockey Nasmat Mihad and his winning mount, Samir, race at Beirut's Palais de la Pai hippodrome. The racetrack straddles the Green Line, which divides the once warring sectors of Muslim (West) and Christian (East) Beirut. During the civil war, the track was closed as snipers dueled from windows and rooftops of nearby buildings. Since the end of the war in 1990, the track has been open every Sunday.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Harry Borden
    • Nationality United Kingdom
    • Organization / Publication Independent Photographers Group for Observer Magazine
    • Category Portraits
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Caption Icelandic singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir, known to fans worldwide simply as Björk, was born in 1965, and made her first album at the age of 11. After voyaging through Icelandic New Wave and anarcho-punk, she established herself firmly on the international map with her own quirky, eclectic brand of music.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Paolo Pellegrin
    • Nationality Italy
    • Organization / Publication Grazia Neri for Medici Senza Frontiere
    • Category Portraits
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Cambodia
    • Place Phnom Penh
    • Caption Nhan (25), a former se-worker from Vietnam, lives in Phnom Penh. She has Aids. Cambodia is facing the worst HIV epidemic in Asia. In 1991, less than one in a 1,000 healthy young men donating blood in Phnom Penh tested positive. By 1994, that had risen to one in 30. In places, up to 90 percent of se-workers are infected.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Jodi Bieber
    • Nationality South Africa
    • Organization / Publication for The National Arts Council of South Africa
    • Category Portraits stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country South Africa
    • Place Eksteenfontein, Northern Cape
    • Caption About 500 people make up the community in the semi-desert of Richtersveldt. The village has a liquor store, two shops, a community hall, a guesthouse, two churches and a shebeen (informal drinking place) - but no electricity. Historically known as the Bosluis Basters, the residents are of both white and colored (mixed race) origin. Under the apartheid government, Eksteenfontein was declared a 'colored area'. Many whites married to coloreds gave up their race status in order to remain with their families.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Seamus Murphy
    • Nationality Ireland
    • Organization / Publication for Guardian Weekend Magazine
    • Category Portraits stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Ireland
    • Caption Many refused to accept the 'Black and Tan' medal awarded to veterans of the War of Independence (1919-1921) against the British, as it represented acceptance of the result - an Ireland divided into independent and British-ruled territories. In 1916, leaders of the Easter Rising against British domination were executed by firing squad in the yard of Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, Ireland. The event catalyzed thousands of young men and women to take up arms and fight for Irish independence. Today, surviving veterans of the original Irish Republican Army number among the world's oldest revolutionaries. Most pride themselves that theirs was a military battle, fought against soldiers and not civilians.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Antonin Kratochvil
    • Nationality Czech Republic
    • Organization / Publication Saba Press Photos for Detour
    • Category Portraits stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country France
    • Place Paris
    • Caption Actor Jean Reno on the set of his latest film, 'Ronin'. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents who were fleeing Franco's fascist regime, Reno later settled in France. He has a long association with the director Luc Besson, and became well known for portraying cool, often murderous characters in stylized Besson films such as 'Léon', screened in the US as 'The Professional'. Reno scored his first Hollywood hit with 'Mission: Impossible'. A role as a French insurance agent in 'Godzilla' helped secure his status as a star.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Simon Bruty
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Sports Illustrated
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 12-07-1998
    • Country France
    • Place Paris
    • Caption Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez (France) foils superstar striker Ronaldo (Brazil) in the final of the World Cup in football. The French team won the match 3-0. Ronaldo, often billed as the best player in the world, is also one of the most talked about. In the hours leading up to the match there was intense media speculation about whether or not he was fit to play.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Amel Emric
    • Nationality Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Place Simin Han
    • Caption A boy nets the ball into a makeshift goal during a soccer game. The team is made up of refugee children, mostly from the Zvornik area in Bosnia.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Didier Debusschere
    • Nationality Canada
    • Organization / Publication Reuters
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 07-06-1998
    • Country Canada
    • Place Montreal
    • Caption Formula-one driver Alexander Wurz crashes his car during the Canadian Grand Pri. Four drivers were involved in a pile-up soon after the start, as all tried to go into a corner together. Wurz collided with French driver Jean Alesi and was launched into a roll. He continued the race in a spare vehicle and went on to come fourth, with Michael Schumacher taking first place.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Craig Golding
    • Nationality Australia
    • Organization / Publication The Sydney Morning Herald
    • Category Sports stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Australia
    • Place Liverpool, New South Wales
    • Caption John Pennay trains for the world barefoot water-ski championships at Helles Park. Australia has a climate conducive to outdoor activities, and a population that considers sports an important part of its culture. On any weekend, a wide variety of sports are being played out across the land. Age and skill may vary, but participants have one thing in common - love of sport and the desire to compete.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Jodi Bieber
    • Nationality South Africa
    • Organization / Publication Agence Vu for Attitude Rugby
    • Category Sports stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Madagascar
    • Place Malagasy
    • Caption The Life Rugby School aims to keep children off the streets and prevent delinquency. Twice a week in the shanty settlements, children between the ages of eight and sitxeen meet one of 43 trainers to learn the game. After the match they are given a meal of beans and rice, which might be their only food that day. The school was started in 1992, and has between 8,000 and 9,000 participants. Most of the children come from underprivileged backgrounds.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Stephen Dupont
    • Nationality Australia
    • Organization / Publication Contact Press Images
    • Category Sports stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Gambia
    • Caption Traditional wrestling in Africa is giving way in popularity to Western-style sports such as football. But in Gambia wrestling matches are still exciting, highly visual displays that attract crowds of local spectators. Dressed in bright loincloths, their bodies and arms covered in charms, wrestlers from different tribes parade around the ring to the sound of drums, flutes and whistles.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Faustino Soriano
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication Bilderberg / Aurora Photos for Paris Match
    • Category Arts and Entertainment
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Spain
    • Place Barcelona
    • Caption Barcelona gains a new museum in 1998 - a Musee Imaginaire, where all the exhibits are fakes. A week before the official opening the staff is still very much involved in hanging the art.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Gideon Mendel
    • Nationality South Africa
    • Organization / Publication Network Photographers for New Millennium Experience
    • Category Arts and Entertainment
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country United Kingdom
    • Place London
    • Caption Some of Britain's best circus performers join in a workshop to train the cast of the Millennium Show. The show will be put on up to five times a day throughout the year 2000 in the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London. At any one time there will be as many as 60 performers working up to 50m above the ground. Rehearsals took place in a space converted from a previously derelict Victorian power station.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Wendy Sue Lamm
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Contrasto
    • Category Arts and Entertainment
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Israel
    • Place Tel Aviv
    • Caption Tel Aviv youths attend a fashion-show event. Israel's fashion industry plays host to numerous promotional events, which attract a young 'in' crowd. The years before conscription - both boys and girls are called up to the Israeli army at 18 - are marked by an intent to have as good a time as possible.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Massimo Siragusa
    • Nationality Italy
    • Organization / Publication Contrasto
    • Category Arts and Entertainment stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Caption Modern-day circuses balance tradition with innovation. While old-style outfits of sawdust, Big Top and performing animals still exist, many circuses are becoming more theatrical in their presentation. The latest in sound and lighting technology is grafted on to traditional skill, even in long-established Italian circus families.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Mark Power
    • Nationality United Kingdom
    • Organization / Publication Network Photographers for New Millennium Experience
    • Category Arts and Entertainment stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country United Kingdom
    • Place Greenwich. London
    • Caption The focus of British celebration of the new millennium is a dome in the southeast London suburb of Greenwich, on the prime meridian. Exactly 365m in diameter, to echo the days of the year, and supported by 12 towers, to reflect the hours on a clock face, it was built on wasteland that first had to be detoxified. The dome itself is a vast artificial sky of stretched fabric.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Stefano De Luigi
    • Nationality Italy
    • Organization / Publication Contrasto
    • Category Arts and Entertainment stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Italy
    • Place Rome
    • Caption Guests mingle at the Strega Literary Prize reception. Fashionable Italians, dressed to survive critical public scrutiny, attend leading social events in the world of art and design. Big names rub shoulders with smartly turned-out unknowns.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Sylwia Kapuscinski
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication for Double Take Magazine
    • Category Arts and Entertainment stories
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 1998
    • Country USA
    • Place New York City
    • Caption Pierre waits to take a music exam at the Juilliard School of music. Violinist Pierre Constant (14) is the first African-American to receive a scholarship from the pre-college division at the Juilliard. He is also already in his second year at the New York City Technical College. In between studies he manages five hours' rehearsal a day. Pierre is the oldest of three musicians in the Constant family.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Stephan Elleringmann
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Bilderberg for Stern
    • Category Science & Technology
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country USA
    • Place Texas
    • Caption A pianist plays Bach while his brain is scanned to discover whether it shows any difference between playing simple scales and a complex piece. Certain brain areas were activated only when the Bach was played. The influence of music on the brain could be used in treating Alzheimer's or stroke.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Stephan Elleringmann
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Bilderberg for Konr@d / Stern
    • Category Science & Technology
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Germany
    • Place Darmstadt
    • Caption An employee at the Fraunhofer Institute for Graphic Data Processing, examines a 'virtual' car in the CAVE, an interactive cinema room with five projectors and projection screens. CAVE enables users to enter a virtual environment entirely - to walk in a city, to move about a car and look at it from any direction. The invention enables manufacturers to make adjustments to products without necessarily having to build prototypes.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Max Aguilera-Hellweg
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication for Life
    • Category Science & Technology
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country USA
    • Place California
    • Caption A surgical robot performs a mock coronary bypass on a cadaver. Non-invasive robotic procedures mean small scars, minimal pain and quick recovery, even after major surgery. The robot has already operated successfully on live patients.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Michael Amendolia
    • Nationality Australia
    • Organization / Publication Time
    • Category Science & Technology stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Place Gucho, Tibet
    • Caption A mature cataract is revealed after dilating a patient's eye. Intense ultra-violet radiation at high altitudes in Tibet sears the lenses of the eyes, causing cloudy cataracts and eventual blindness. About 30,000 people in Tibet are believed to have lost their sight as a result of cataracts. Among those over 50, the problem is endemic. Dr. Sanduk Ruit from Nepal is introducing a treatment that not only removes the cataract, but replaces the ruined natural lens with a plastic intra-ocular one. This restores a sharper clarity of vision than previous cures.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Floris Leeuwenberg
    • Nationality Netherlands, The
    • Organization / Publication TCS / The Cover Story
    • Category Science & Technology stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Netherlands, The
    • Caption Birth under water can mean the baby suffers less trauma than in a conventional birth. Soft music and the warm water relax the mother and heighten her feeling of contact with the child.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Peter Ginter
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Bilderberg for Stern
    • Category Science & Technology stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Switzerland
    • Place Geneva
    • Caption Physicist Vincent Vuillemin applies his training as a Buddhist monk to evaluating research philosophies. In the particle accelerator, a 27km-long tunnel, 150 meters under the earth, scientists at the CERN Institute near Geneva in Switzerland make subatomic particles collide at speeds of up to 300,000km per second - as part of their research into the material make-up of the universe.
    • Year 1998
    • Photographer Tomasz Gudzowaty
    • Nationality Poland
    • Organization / Publication for Viva
    • Category Nature
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1998
    • Country Kenya
    • Caption Young cheetahs get a lesson in killing at the Masai Mara National Park. Their mother looked on as they played with the buck for 45 minutes, then killed and ate it. Mothers begin to teach the young cats how to hunt at about the age of seven months. By the time it is 11 months old, a cheetah can successfully tackle small prey, and by 18 months it can survive independently.
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